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reach ; but he paid the penalty of his raslmess with 

 his Ufe the next day. 



Yery young fawns bleat like little lambs, and the 

 voice of a doe is a high-pitched and tremulous whistle 

 or squeal. It is said that a buck when he is surprised 

 and frightened utters a sharp, shrill whistle. But he 

 is far from a coward, lUfe the bear, and he runs only 

 when he is persuaded that his horns and hoofs are 

 not equal to the emergency. 



If the deer meets a rattlesnake in the woods he 

 considers it a deadly enemy and jumps upon it with 

 " all fours," cutting it to pieces with his sharp hoofs ; 

 iadeed, he is quite capable of kicking a man into un- 



" Swimming across the lake." 



consciousness by springing upon him with his sharp- 

 hoofed fore feet. When he is swimming across a lake 

 the rash and unsophisticated hunter who is sufficiently 

 near to grab him by the antlers, does so at the risk of 

 a broken arm, for still the active limbs are ready to 

 inflict a stunning blow. The only way to seize a deer 



